Practice Makes Profit: Business Practices and Firm Success Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2006 Which business practices set successful firms apart from others? We address this question using data from an official survey of almost 3,000 New Zealand firms. Questions…
Regional Housing Markets In New Zealand: House Price, Sales and Supply Responses Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2006 This research investigates changes in regional housing markets in New Zealand between 1981 and 2004.
Race Relations in 2005 Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2006 Race relations continued to be a subject of major public debate in Aotearoa New Zealand in 2005, although the number of people who saw it as…
The economic impact of foreign fee -paying students Last Publication Date: 01 Feb 2006 The Ministry of Education commissioned Infometrics to calculate the total economic value-added, and estimated employment, from the New Zealand international education sector for the 2004 calendar…
Monitoring Teacher Supply 2006 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 The 2006 Monitoring Teacher Supply report provides the Ministry with a snapshot of the number of entitlement staffing vacancies and re-advertised vacancies in schools at the…
Aggregates and individual wage earnings in LEED Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 Longitudinal analyses with continuous repeated outcomes provide fuller insight into population and individual behaviour over time. Insights into processes of social change can thus be greatly…
Hei Whakamārama i ngā Āhuatanga o te Tūrua Pō - Investigating Key Māori Business Characteristics for Future Measures: Thinking Paper Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 This research paper provides a wider understanding of the characteristics of successful Māori businesses. The brief was to analyse thirty case studies and identify framework characteristics…
The Social Report 2006 Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 The Social Report has four key aims: to report on social indicators that complement existing economic and environmental indicators; to compare New Zealand with other countries; to contribute to…
Survival analysis of transitions from benefit to work Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 What factors affect the probability that a person makes a transition from benefit to employment? What is the effect of those factors? Given information such as…
The Effects of Agglomeration on Economic Activity: The Empirical Evidence on Mechanisms and Magnitudes Last Publication Date: 01 Jan 2005 There is a rapidly developing empirical literature on the effects of agglomeration on economic activity. This paper surveys recent studies that provide econometric estimates of effects.…